Wagon-brake.



PATNTED AUG. 19, 1909.

G. H. KANKE. WAGON BRAKE.

vAPPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1907.

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WAGON BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1907'.

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GERHARD H. KANKE, OF LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WAGON-BRAKE.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERHARD H. KANKE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Brakes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this I specification.

My invention relates to a wagon brake and it has for its object to provide an eflicient brake of this construction that may be readily put in service and which contemplates the employment of members that are adjustable relative to each other to provide for variation in the adjustment of the parts and also means whereby compound leverage action is secured in the operation of the brake lever. Y

Figure I is a side elevation of a part of a wagon with my brake applied thereto. Fig. II is a front elevation of one of the brake heads, the members by which said brake head is supported and the operating members directly associated with the brake head. Fig. III is an enlarged elevation of one of the brake head hangers and the supporting rod to which the hanger is adjustably fitted.

Fig. IV is a top or plan view of my brake and the running gear of a wagon. Y

A designates the body of a wagon and B the rear wheels and O the rear axle of said wagon. l designates hanger rods that are support- -ed beneath the wagon body A by bolts 2 that are inserted through bolt holes in the inner ends of the rods and in the bottom of the wagon body and by brackets 3 that are bolted to the bottomof the wagon body. The outer ends of the hanger rods 1 are located in proximity to the rear wheels of the wagon and are grooved longitudinally so as to provide ribs as seen in Figs. I and III.

4 designates brake heads that are suspended in proximity to the tires of the rear wagon wheels by spring hanger arms 5. These hanger arms 5 are secured at their upper ends to split collars 6 which are groove d and ribbed internally so that the collars may be adjustably fitted to the grooved and ribbed outer ends of the hanger rods 1. In each collar 6 is a binding bolt 7 by which the collar may be drawn tightly to the hanger rod after it has been fitted thereto in the desired position.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 23, 1907.

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. By constructing the parts as just described,

provision is made for the adjustment of the, brake heads 4 in order that they may be held` at any desired distance from the tires of the wagon wheels and the spring hanger arms 5 serve to carry said brake heads away from. lthe tires of the wheels when the brake operat-.

ing mechanism to be hereinafter describedY has been released.V l y Y Each brake head has secured toit at its inner side a pull arm 8.

9 is a draw rope or flexible draw connection that is united at its ends to the pull arms 8 and which extends rearwardly from said arms toward the rear axle C and thenhorizontally in a line parallel with said axle. This rope in its course operates in sheave.. blocks 10 that are suitably attached to the rear axle of the wagon, as seen in Figs. I and IV.

11 designates a pulley block containing a pulley located back of the rear stretch of the ro e 9 which extends parallel with the rear a e of the wagon. This pulleyy block is adapted to be moved forwardly for the purpose of exerting a forward ull at the center of said stretch of rope in or er that the brake heads 4 may be drawn toward the tires of the rear wagon wheels. Y

12 is a pull rope or flexible ull connection tlie pulley block 11 and passes over a pulley in a pulley blockY 13 that is located beneath the wagon body A near the center thereof and then beneath a pulley in a pulley block 14 that is locatedv eneath the forward end of the wagon body.

15 designates a bracket that is secured to the wagon body at its front end and in which is journaled a sheave 16 on which the rope 12 operates. 'The bracket 15 is provided at its forward end with a post 17.

18 is a bifurcated operating lever that is pivoted to the bracket 15 at 19 at a point beneath the upper end of the post 17 of said bracket, as seen in Fig. 1.

20 is an auxiliary lever that'is pivotally connected to the operating lever 18 above the ost 17 of the bracket 15 and which has a ower arm that is located at the rear of said post. The auxiliary lever also has an upper arm to which the forward end of the rope 12 is attached.

In the operation of my brake, the operating lever 18 is moved forwardly and as it is so moved the auxiliary lever 2O is carried forwardly with the operating lever, but its upperarm is caused to move-more rapidly than the operating lever, due to the fulcrum- 'ing of the lower arm ofthe auxiliary leveren the post 17 of the bracket 15.

A compound movement 1s thus secured which provides for the brake heads being quickly and positivelyl set tothe wagon wheels with a minimum expenditure of exertion 'when thepullrope is drawn forwardly by the levers and a pull is exerted upon thedraw rope 9. I l e l. In a wagonv brake, the combination, with a vehicle; of'a pair of brake heads adapted to engage the rear wheels thereof, a draw connection'attached yto saidV brake heads and extending rearwardly and horizontally parallel with they axle of the rear wheels, means for supporting said draw con nection, a pull connection leading forwardly from the middle of said draw connection, an

operating lever located at the front of the vehicle, a double-armed auxiliary leverpivoted to said operating lever and to the upper arm of. which said pulll connection is attached, and a fulcrum` member for the operating lever with which the lower arm of said auxiliary lever. cooperates when said operating lever is moved, substantailly asset forth. 2. In a wagon brake, the combination, with avehicle and a pair of brake heads adapted to engage the rear wheels thereof,

extending rearwardly and horizontally vallel with the axle of. the rear wheels, pu ley auxiliary lever coperateswhen said operat` ing leveris moved, substantially as set forth.

,3. In a, wagon brake, the combination, with a vehicle; of a pair of brake heads adapted to engage the rear wheels thereof, a draw rope attached to said brake heads, and

blocks on which said draw rope operates, a

Ypull rope leading forwardly from the middle of saiddraw rope, anl operating lever, located at the front of the vehicle, an auxiliary lever pivcpted to said operating lever and to which sai mem ler forthe operating lever adapted vto be engagedby said auxiliary lever when said' operating lever is moved, substantially as set forth.a

4.In' a wagon brake, the combination, with a vehicle; of a pair of brake heads, adapted to engage Ythe rear wheels thereof, a draw rope attached to said brake heads, and extending rearwardly and horizontally parallel withlthe axle of the rear wheels, pulley blocks in which said udraw rope operates, a pull rope leadingforwardly from the middle.y of said draw rope, a bracket lprovided with a postand suitably supported in front of the vehicle, an operating ever pivoted to said bracket, a doublearmed auxiliary lever pivoted to said operating lever said pull rope eing connected to one arm of said auxiliary; lever and the other arm of said' auxiliary lever being arranged for engagement with said bracket post when said operating lever is moved, substantially as set forth. f

GERHARD I-I. KANKE.

1lpull rope is attached, and a fulcrum e 

